Figure-of-eight vs. Interrupted sternal wire closure of median sternotomy

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-591

  Ramzisham, Abdul Rahman Mohd ^a   Raflis, Awang Ruzairee ^a   Khairulasri, Mohd Ghani ^a   Ooi Su Min, Joanna ^b   Fikri, Abdullah Mohd ^a   Zamrin, Mohd Dimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bone Wires; Coronary Artery Bypass; Sternum; Surgical Wound Dehiscence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FIGURE OF EIGHT SUTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERRUPTED SUTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE WIRES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449085399     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309348948     Document Type: Article

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